Antara Nandy

Antara Nandy
Antara Nandy with Jim Ankan Deka
Background information
Born	Sivasagar, Assam, India
Genres	Pop, Hindustani Classical, Western Classical, Bollywood, Easy Listening
Occupation(s)	Singer, Playback Singer
Instruments	Vocals, Piano
Years active	2008–present
Associated acts	Abhijeet Bhattacharya, Alka Yagnik, Queen Hazarika, Kavita Krishnamurthy, Jim Ankan Deka, Debojit Saha, Raghav Chatterjee, Supratik Ghosh
Website	www.antaranandy.com

Antara Nandy (Bengali: অন্তরা নন্দী) is an Indian playback singer from Assam. She became known after reaching the final rounds and becoming one of the top three girl finalists in the music talent and reality show Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L'il Champs-2009 which was aired on Zee TV.

Antara Nandy completed her schooling from Delhi Public School, Ruby Park, Kolkata. As a junior scholar she started her vocal training in Indian classical music under Padmashree Ustaad Rashid Khan at the age of 5 years. Later she joined ITC Sangeet Research Academy where she started taking vocal lessons from Ustaad Waseem Ahmed Khan. In 2013 Antara joined KM Music Conservatory, founded by A. R. Rahman and started her western classical music training. She is the winner of Ullas and other inter school music competitions at various levels.

Nandy is the winner of the “Best Music – Music Video” category in the “Delhi Shorts International Film Festival-15” for her first own composition & music “YA DEVI”. She was nominated for 'Ramdhenu Viewers Choice Awards' in the Best Female Singer category in 2013. She is the recipient of the 'Star Wars Award 2012' conferred by Dream Catchers, Singapore, and Young Achiever Award in 2014 bestowed on by Integrated Council for Socio-Economic Progress, Kolkata. She is also a Scholar at Centre for Cultural Resources and Training - Govt of India (CCRT). She is the youngest Bengali vocalist to perform at the prestigious Durbar Hall, Kolkata.

Antara gave her first major public performance at the Netaji Indoor Stadium in Kolkata at the age of 9 and released her debut album Ei Jibon Nohoi Xuna Bondhu (this is not life my friend)(an Assamese album) in 2010. She collaborated with renowned singers like Alka Yagnik, Kavita Krishnamurthy, Pulak Banerjee, Debojit Saha, Luna Bharali Das and Debajit Choudhury in the album. Her second album 'Eso Matoh Lakkhi Devi' (a Bengali devotional album) with Bollywood playback singer Raghav Chatterjee raced up the charts to reach the TOP 4 position within 3 weeks of its release in Kolkata. She had sung in many other collaborative albums. She had also been performing all over the country including some prestigious events like Alive-India in Concert. many college shows and shows in social events